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(A) When reference is made to any section or group of sections of the codified ordinances, such reference shall extend to and include any amendment of or supplement to the section or group of sections so referred to or any section or sections hereafter enacted in lieu thereof; and unless otherwise provided, whenever a reference to a section or group sections is made in any amendment or supplement to any section of the codified ordinances hereafter enacted, such reference shall be deemed to refer to the section or sections as the same shall then stand or as thereafter amended.
(B) Whenever in a penalty section reference is made to a violation of a section or an inclusive group of sections, such reference shall be construed to mean a violation of any provision of the section or sections included in such reference.
(C) References in the codified ordinances to action taken or authorized under designated sections of the codified ordinances include, in every case, action taken or authorized under the applicable legislative provision which is superseded by the codified ordinances.
(D) If a section refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last number or letters in the series are deemed to be included.
(Prior Code, § 101.05)
If the provisions of different codes, articles or sections of the codified ordinances conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions bearing the latest passage date shall prevail. If the conflicting provisions bear the same passage date, the conflict shall be construed so as to be consistent with the meaning or legal effect of the questions of the subject matter taken as a whole.
(Prior Code, § 101.07)
Each section of the codified ordinances and every part of each section is an independent section and part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause does not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section or part thereof.
(Prior Code, § 101.08)
(A) First Ward. The First Ward of the city shall consist of that portion of the city lying within the County of Putnam (comprised of Putnam County Voting Precinct No. 22), as officially laid off and described by the County Court of Putnam County, West Virginia, and the recently annexed area identified as Carriage Way located in Putnam County. County Precinct 401 (redistricted December, 1981) known as Brookhaven Addition and as shown by the records of the County Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and residents residing in recently annexed territory known as Carriage Way (February 24, 1983).
(B) Second Ward. The Second Ward of the city shall consist and be made up of the area lying within the boundaries of Kanawha County Voting Precinct Nos. 402, 403 and 405, as the same are officially constituted and as shown by the records of the County Court of Kanawha County (redistricted December, 1981).
(C) Third Ward. The Third Ward of the city shall consist and be made up of the area lying within the boundaries of Kanawha County Voting Precincts Nos. 406 and 408, as the same are officially constituted and as shown by the records of the County Court of Kanawha County (redistricted December, 1981).
(D) Fourth Ward. The Fourth Ward of the city shall consist and be made up of the area lying within the boundaries of Kanawha County Voting Precincts Nos. 409 and 411, as the same are officially constituted and as shown by the records of the County Court.
(Prior Code, § 103.01) (Ord. 83-5, passed 5-17-1983)
Statutory reference:
Annexation, see W. Va. Code Art. 8-6
Decrease of corporate limits, see W. Va. Code Art. 8-7
Wards, see W. Va. Code 8-5-7
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